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(No Model.) I J. B. VANDERBILT. NEGKTIE 0R SGARP HOLDER.-

No; 287,594. Patented Oct. 30, 1883.

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' UNI'r-ED STATES JACOB E. VANDERBILT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

NECKTIE QR S CARF HOLDER.

' SPEGIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 287,594, dated October30, 1883.

\ Application filed September 18, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JACOB E.VANDERBILT, ofBrooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a new and ImprovedNecktie or Scarf Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This, invention relates to that class of necktie or scarf'holders madeof wire and formed at the ends with pin-pointed hooks, which, when aholder is in place upon the neck of the wearer, will stand in front ofthe band of the collar in position to engage with the inside of thenecktie or scarf for holding'the same in place.

The invention consists,,first, in formingor providing the bar of theholder with an upwardly-extending eye, ring, or loop adapted to fit overthe collar-button, whereby the holand adjusted.

The invention consistspsecondly, in inclining the main bar of the holderfrom the points where it is bent in the center to form the eye directlyup to the ends where it is bent to form the holding-hooks, thus adaptingthe holder to be placed upon the collar-button before buttoning on thecollar, and adapting the entireholder, excepttheholdinghooks, to beconcealed by the band of the collar. 4

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the method of using my new andimproved necktie or scarf holder; and Fig. 2 is a perspective View ofthe holder removed from the collarbutton.

The necktie-holder A is formed at its ends with the downwardly-projecting loops or bends a a, that receive the lower edge of the band B ofthe collar, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and with the pin-pointed hooks cc, that stand in front of the loops a a, and when the holder is in placefor use in front of the collar-bandB, to engage with and hold in placethe necktie or scarf. In the center the holder A is bent to form the eyef, that is adapted to beplaced upon the shank of the collar-button O, asshown in Fig. 1, for keeping the holder at all times in place, and fromthe points I) b, where the holder is bent to form the eye f,

the arms e e are inclined upward directly to the points 01 d, where thebar is bent to form the loops a a, thus adapting the holder to beentirely concealed by the band of the collar, except the hooks c c, as.will be understood from Fig. 1.

In use, the holder A will first be placed upon the collar-button, andthen the collar will be buttoned upon the shirt in the ordi-v nary wayover the holder A, the loweredge of the collar-band B dropping naturallyinto the loops a a. The necktie or scarf will now be put around the neckand properly adjusted in place, where it will be securely held bythe orband of the necktie.

By means of the eye f it will be seen that no difficulty will beexperienced in applying the holder, since the collar-button will keepthe holder from droppingout of place while putting on and adjusting thenecktie, and by inclining the arms e e upward it will be seen that theentire holder, when in place, will be covered by the collar-band, exceptthe necessarily-exposed hooks 0c. the bar of the holder to form thecentral loop, f, a separate ring, eye, or hook might be fixed to theholder, for attaching the holder to the collar or collar-button; and notdepart from the spirit of my invention.

I am. aware that a downwardly-extending loop to fasten over the shield,bow, or body of a tie has been used, and I am also aware thatscarf-holders have been formed of a bar having loopsor clasps formed atits ends,with

scarf, and lay no claim to such construction; but

IIaving thusdes'cribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. An improvement upon necktie or scarf holdershaving the end loops and hooks, a c, which consists in a medianupwardly-extending loop, f, adapted to fasten over the collarbutton, asshown and described.

2. The scarf holder a, having the central eye, f, upwardly-inclined arms0 e, and loops a and hooks c, substantially as and for the purposesdescribed.

JACOB E. VANDERBIL'I.

Witnesses:

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projecting points or hooks for holding the.

hooks c c engaging with the inside of the scarf Instead .of bending

